Where to Eat Wagyu Beef in London

Kobe beef, the best of all wagyu breeds, is the focus at this traditional Japanese restaurant within the Ham Yard Hotel and they take it very seriously indeed, importing the whole cow and butchering in-house. That means you can try a variety of cuts in small portions when you dine here; it comes as part of a bento box or over rice with yakitori sauce at lunch, in a variety of courses on the omakase dinner menus or as a teppanyaki steak on the a la carte menu. With the five-course dinner costing £85, it’s not as astronomically expensive as you might think either.

Mayfair’s Tokimeite specialises in kaiseki, the refined form of traditional Japanese dining, so you can expect to see lots of luxury ingredients on show, including wagyu beef. Michelin-starred chef Yoshihiro Murata partnered with the Japanese agricultural co-operative Zen-Noh on the restaurant, so the meal served here is top quality. It comes in many forms too; wagyu tartare with ponzu and aubergine sauce, wagyu hotpot, wagyu sashimi and wagyu steaks, including teriyaki rump and Hida chuck roll, the priciest at £100 for 100g.

The menu at Nobu London Old Park Lane, the first Nobu to open in the capital, is extensive, made up of a mix of classic dishes that draw on chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s sushi training and new dishes with South American influences, so wagyu isn’t the focus. However, there are still opportunities to indulge, like wagyu gyoza with spicy ponzu and wagyu sukiyaki with onsen tamago. You can also choose to have grade A5 wagyu, priced per 75g, as tataki, steak, tobanyaki or tacos should you want to branch out from their superb sushi.